Tamping-tool



(No Model.) H. M. HOXIE.

TAMPING TOOL. No. 324,998. Patented Aug. 25, 1885,

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Attest f NiTnD STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT M. HOXIE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TAMPlNG-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,998, dated August25, 1885.

Application tiled March Q, 1855. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HERBERT M. HOXIE, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inTamping-Tools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this speciiication.

Figure l is a front view of the tool. 2 is a side View. tion at 8 3,Fig. l.

This tamping-tool has a metal head, A, and handle B. The head is madewith a socket at a a', or some other means for the attachment of thewooden handle. For instance, straps somewhat similar to those of ashovel may be riveted to the head and to the handle, or may be made inone piece with the head and riveted tothe handle, as is usual inshovels.

The head may be made of iron,with a steel face, cl2, or may veryproperly be made of cast-steel, and the socket a a or equivalent strapsmay be cast in one piece with the head or secured to it by rivets; orone part of the socket, a, may be in one piece with the head, andanother part, a', of the socket riveted thereto, shown in the drawings.

When the socket or any part thereof is made of a separate piece orpieces, the socket may be made of larger interior diameter at the innerend, so that the handle shall be held iirrnly in the socket by thismeans, as the handle of a pick or an adz is held in its socket, and evenwhen the socket is in one piece with the head it may be made of the sameform, if desired. This is, however, not an essential feature, for thehandle may be held in the socket by a rivet, a3, or by any othersuitable means.

The head is bent at a4 a4, so that its working part is out of line withthe handle, this form being given for the convenience and ease of theworkman, as it relieves him from. the necessity of stooping to so greata degree as would be required it' the handle and the working part of thehead were in line. This form Fig. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec-` of theparts raises the handle above an adjacent tie of a railway-track whenthe tool is used for tamping beneath the ties.

The head is shown as becoming both wider and thicker from the handle tothe face, so

that it will not clog in use. The headniay be made of any requiredweight to give effectiveness to the blow.

The handle may be of any preferred form. It is shown as a straight barmade round in the part by which it is held, and having a square part, b,ltting the square socket c. The tool may, however, be made with ashovelhandle or a T-handle.

I wish it distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to thedescribed materials for the head, for it may be cast or forged of anysuitable metal or in any suitable nia-nner. For instance, it may be madeof cast-iron, with or without a chilled or converted face.

I am aware that spades, shovels, and other implements have been providedwith an integral piece which projects upwardly and forms the back halfof the socket,in which the handle tits, the other half of said socketbeing a separate piece of metal bolted or riveted to the head of theimplement at its lower end, the two sections of the socket being securedto the handle by means of one or more bolts or rivets passing throughthe said handle; but this is not the equivalent of my invention.

I claimy l. In a tamping-tool, the combinatie ,/with the tamping-headhaving a portion of the handle-socket formed therewith, and/a flange orweb projecting from each side ot' said socket, of a plate formed withthe other portion of the socket and similar ilanges, bolts or rivets forsecuring said flanges together, and the handle, substantially as setforth.

2. A tamping -tool having a head of increased width and thickness at theworkingface, substantially as set forth.

3. The head of a tamping-tool,bent in proximity to the handle, andincreasing in width and thickness from the bend to the workingface.

4. The combination, in a tamping-tool, of a head with a handle-socketset at an inclination to the working part and Haring from the socket tothe w0rking-face,and awoo'den handie fixed in the socket, substantiallyas set forth.

HERBERT M. HOXIE. Vitnesses:

WILLIAM A. DRIrs, GEorrREY OHARA.

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